Daily Archive: Wednesday, July 16, 2014

International leaders attending the sixth BRICS summit in Fortaleza, Brazil posed for an official photograph yesterday.

A Red Carpet welcome and salute from the Honour Guard was accorded to President Donald Ramotar on his arrival in Brazil for the BRICS Summit on Monday night.

The Ministry of Home Affairs today said that with immediate effect, applicants for passports and other travel documents will be required to present original birth certificates that were issued no less than two (2) years prior to the date of submission of the applications, instead of six (6) months.

The Caribbean Media Corporation is reporting that two people were killed and others injured in a drive-by shooting late Tuesday at the Curacao international airport.

The police say they are investigating the murder of miner Quacy Thompson, 31 years, of Linden, which occurred at about 2000h last night at Mowasi Landing, Potaro.

(Trinidad Express) Government makes no apologies whatsoever for taking the position that all deportees, all law enforcement officers and all private security officers must be subjected to mandatory DNA testing.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – The Netherlands is liable for some 300 of the more than 8,000 deaths in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, a Dutch court ruled today, pinning some of the blame for Europe’s worst massacre since World War Two on the state.

By Mario Joseph   A week after their boat was attacked by pirates in Suriname’s waters, four fishermen remain missing and their empty, bloodied boat was found at De Hoop, Mahaica on Monday.

A field foreman attached to the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) Skeldon estate was found dead behind a popular backtrack boating service at Springlands, Corentyne early yesterday morning and an autopsy revealed that he was strangled.

Two advocacy groups are calling on the Guyana government to fire Juan Edghill as Minister within the Finance Ministry and as a Member of Parliament (MP) as a result of statements he made about the LGBT community which they said are in violation of local and international regulations.

The Office of the Leader of the Opposition is severely underfunded, Leader of the Opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger says.

Uploading pictures of yourself posing with guns and bullet proof vests on social media sites has implications, according to Crime Chief Leslie James.

An elderly woman died after she was struck down and run over by a lorry on Monday at the intersection of Avenue of the Republic and Robb Street.

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) David Granger is adamant that there is no ulterior motives as regards the recent suspension of party member Vanessa Kissoon.

A cargo handler accused of trafficking almost three kilogrammes (kg) of cannabis on a Port Kaituma- bound vessel, was remanded to prison yesterday.

Port Kaituma Secondary was crowned Region One champions, edging titleholders Santa Rosa Secondary by a 1-0 score line when the Digicel National Secondary Schools U-18 football tourney continued yesterday at the Kumaka community centre ground.

Tenders for supervisory consultancy services for the US$57.6M, East Coast of Demerara Four Lane Extension Project from Better Hope to Belfield Village were yesterday opened.

Police have made an arrest in the murder of Groete Creek resident Osmond Fiedtkou and his stolen boat was yesterday tracked to Airy Hall, Essequibo Coast.

(Reuters) – Dwyane Wade is staying on with the Miami Heat as the face of the franchise after agreeing a new contract while the NBA team picks up the pieces following the loss of free agent LeBron James last week.

Senseis Paul Ignatius and Troy Bobb steered the Guyana Harpy Eagle Martial Arts Academy to second place in the just-concluded Trinidad Amateur Champion-ships held on that island nation on July 5 and 6.

Team Guyana’s struggles continued as they suffered crushing losses in the boys and girls u-13 and boys u -15, eventually winning two out of a possible eight semi-final matches when the 2014 Caribbean Squash Championships continued on Monday in Hamilton, Bermuda.

With the opening game of the 2014 Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 tournament under its belt, the Guyana Amazon Warriors is fancying its chances of going all the way.

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC-Barbados trounced Jamaica by seven wickets to be crowned new champions of the West Indies Under-17 cricket competition here yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) FOLLOWING a thrilling opening weekend for the Limacol Caribbean Premier League 2014, Chalak Mitra Group (CMG) has been announced as the new franchise owners of reigning Limacol CPL champions, the Jamaica Tallawahs.

  Red Steel head coach Simon Helmot said his team is “positive, prepared and organised” heading into their second match tomorrow in the 2014 Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 tournament against the Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Providence stadium.

Police are yet to make an arrest in the murder of Enmore taxi driver Roopchand Darshan who was found slumped over the steering wheel of his car in March, Police Public Relations Officer Ivelaw Whittaker said.

(This is the 9th part in a series on local government)  By Mario Joseph If the local government system was working in Mabaruma there may have been a few “proper” roads in this North West village.

Demerara will face Essequibo in the opening match of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Women’s Inter-County Competition today at the Everest Cricket Club Ground at Carifesta Avenue.

Caricom Heads of Government at their recent summit in Antigua welcomed the Second Report of the Commission on the Economy which focused on reforming the business operating environment in member states.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director Inderjit Ramdass said tests carried out in the village of Isseneru last December showed that mercury levels in its surface water were above United States’ EPA recommended limits.

Dear Editor, In an article titled ‘Upper Corentyne Chamber says private cane farmers face ruin’ (SN, July 15, 2014) you report on the woes facing Skeldon cane farmers.

Dear Editor, There have been complaints about the wanton spending of government funds without proper accountability.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South African test cricket will usher in a new era under captain Hashim Amla today when the country’s first permanent non-white skipper leads the side out against Sri Lanka in Galle.

A city magistrate yesterday ruled that no case was made out against Raymond Shawn Tyson, who was accused of murdering Khemraj Singh in May 2013.

Young cricket captains yesterday had the opportunity to meet and interact with players of the Amazon Warriors who will be competing in the Caribbean Premier league (CPL) matches, during a seminar at the Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue.

Accused of stealing over $1.5 million in iron fittings, Nigel Munesar and Shawn Pratab were yesterday released on bail following their appearance in the Georgetown Magistrate’s court.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) have been dropped from the regional first class competition, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has announced.

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC- A century from Kofi James steered Leeward Islands to an 18 run victory over Guyana as the West Indies Under 17 Cricket Championship concluded here yesterday.

FORTALEZA, Brazil, (Reu-ters) – Leaders of the BRICS emerging market nations launched a $100 billion development bank and a currency reserve pool yesterday in their first concrete step toward reshaping the Western-dominated international financial system.

Dear Editor, Mr David Granger’s stated commitment to inclusionary democracy is most welcome.

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC- Front runners Windward Islands were deprived of championship honours after they were eclipsed by Trinidad and Tobago as the West Indies Under-17 cricket championship reached a climax here yesterday.

GALLE, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka are hoping to give former captain Mahela Jayawardene a memorable farewell by winning the last four tests of his career against South Africa and Pakistan, skipper Angelo Mathews said yesterday.

WASHINGTON/TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – The White House said yesterday that Central Americans trying to cross the U.S.

Dear Editor, The letter (‘Lateness has become a way of life’) by Rev Gideon Cecil in SN of July 14, is timely, and I have to add to it.

(Jamaica Gleaner) July 15, was a morning of trauma for the staff and patients of the male surgical ward at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester.

Crime Chief Leslie James said the police are in receipt of information on the shooting up of two houses in Meadowbrook on Friday night and are investigating the matter.

An Albouystown man accused of maliciously wounding another man was placed on $75,000 bail yesterday in a city court.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England will contest misconduct accusations against bowler James Anderson made by India, the England and Wales Cricket Board said yesterday.

CHELTENHAM, England, CMC – Veteran West Indies campaigner Shivnarine Chanderpaul was eyeing his 70th first class hundred after stroking an unbeaten half-century, to help Derbyshire make a strong reply to Gloucestershire on the second day of their County Championship match here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate E-networks for doing a magnificent job in putting on the reality TV show ‘Emerging Voices’ singing competition.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A Brazilian rest home for the elderly believes it may be home to the world’s oldest person, a former agricultural labourer born in a runaway slave community, who is identified in documents stating he was born 126 years ago at a time when Brazil still had an emperor.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand and other ministry officials are urging secondary schools to participate in the Sagicor Visionaries Chal-lenge 2014 competition that seeks to inspire students to use and develop STEM (Science, Techno-logy, Engineering and Mathematics)-based solutions to challenges in their schools or communities.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel resumed its air strikes in the Gaza Strip yesterday a day after holding its fire in deference to an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire deal that failed to get Hamas militants to halt rocket attacks.

Dear Editor, I refer to Iana Seales’ column ‘The Right to Equality’ (SN, July 12).

HOYLAKE, England, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods’s back operation in March robbed the former world number one of a quarter of the golf season but at least it has given him a fresh outlook on his career.

An Albouystown man was yesterday released on bail after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s court where he was accused of maliciously wounding Sherwin Davis.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius was involved in an argument at a night club over the weekend, his spokeswoman said yesterday, days after his lawyers wrapped up their defence in his murder trial.

Some five years after the contract to prepare the Haags Bosch sanitary landfill in Eccles, East Bank Demerara was awarded to BK International in association with Puran Brothers Disposal Service, the Ministry of Local Government announced a November 15 completion date, at a press conference Friday last.

BESANCON, France, (Reuters) – Vincenzo Nibali already has a decent set of Tour de France leader’s yellow jerseys, but he has one put one aside for Marco Pantani’s mother.

Dear Editor, Everyone knows that Guyana is facing a political crisis.

No one vaguely familiar with liberal foreign policy analysis could fail to ponder the possibility of an expanding liberal zone of peace.

A routine trip around the city saw Mayor Hamilton Green receiving numerous complaints from residents about incomplete works.

The 2012 preliminary census report – already two years late – is probably more famous for what it conceals than what it reveals.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday pushed through his biggest government shake-up since coming to power in 2010, promoting women and Eurosceptics to senior roles in an appeal to voters in next May’s national election.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The truism that friends are the family you choose may be more accurate than you might suppose.

Two weeks ago, as we drew readers’ attention to the struggle that British Prime Minister David Cameron was having to get his way in the European Union (EU), we observed that that struggle was part of a wider domestic political one being forced on the British public by the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), perceived as essentially a fringe of the ruling Conservative Party, but opposed to membership of the EU.

Dear Editor, The recent announcement that a new development bank to be financed and administered by the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is welcome news, especially for developing countries such as ours.